Incentives and performance : governance of research organizations /: governance of research organizations. ([2014])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Isabell M. Welpe, Jutta Wollersheim, Stefanie Ringelhan, Margit Osterloh, editors.
• Editors: Welpe, Isabell, 1975-; Wollersheim, Jutta; Ringelhan, Stefanie; Osterloh, Margit
• Contents: Preface; Does Science Go Wrong?; Conceptual Basis; Governance of Research Organizations: Contributions of Our Book; Outlook; Acknowledgments; References; Contents; Part I: Performance Management; Issues and Trends in Publishing Behavioral Science: A Quarrelsome Crew Struggling with a Disintegrating Boat on a Stormy Sea; 1 Introduction; 2 The Storm-Tossed Sea: Universities Trying to Adapt to Social and Technological Revolutions; 3 The Disintegrating Boat: Academic Publishers Fighting to Survive in a World that No Longer Needs Them. 4 The Stricken Crew: Behavioral Researchers Debating What to Do, How to Do It, and Whether It Is Worth Doing5 Implications for Universities, Schools, and Governments; 6 Implications for Researchers; References; How Nonsense Became Excellence: Forcing Professors to Publish; 1 Introduction: The Illusion of Promoting Efficiency by Setting up Competitions; 2 Competing to Get Published: The Peer-Review Process; 2.1 Strategic Citing and Praising; 2.2 Sticking to Established Theories; 2.3 Impressing by Technicalities Instead of by Content; 2.4 Undermining Anonymity by Building Expert Networks. 3 Competing for Top-Rankings by Maximizing Publications and Citations3.1 Using Salami Tactics; 3.2 Increasing the Number of Authors per Article; 3.3 Becoming More and More Specialized; 3.4 Engaging in Fraud; References; Science in the Hands of Strategic Management: The Metrification of Scientific Work and Its Impact on the Evolution of Knowledge; 1 Strategic Management of Universities: The USA and Germany; 2 Tightening Control: Recent Developments in the Quality Management of Universities in the German Context; 3 Why Science Needs Freedom to Fail to Advance Knowledge; References. A Theory Exploring How Expert Leaders Influence Performance in Knowledge-Intensive Organizations1 Introduction; 2 Expert Leaders and Organizational Performance; 3 Expert Knowledge in the Core-Business; 4 How do Expert Leaders Positively Influence Organizations?; 4.1 Expert Leaders; 4.2 Decisions and Actions; 4.2.1 Knowledge-Based Strategy; 4.2.2 Work Environment, Goal Setting and Evaluation of Core Workers; 4.2.3 Standard Bearers in Hiring Choices; 4.3 Expertise as a Signal; 4.3.1 Signals Credibility; 4.3.2 Signals Work Conditions; 4.3.3 Signals Strategic Priorities. 5 Discussion: The Potential Vulnerabilities of Expert LeadersReferences; Incentives and Power: An Organizational Perspective; 1 Introduction; 2 Power in Organizations; 2.1 Personnel Power; 2.2 Organizational Power; 2.3 Power over Resources; 3 Summary and Discussion; References; Performance Management and Incentive Systems in Research Organizations: Effects, Limits and Opportunities; 1 Introduction; 2 Performance Management and Incentive Systems in Research Organizations; 2.1 Performance Management Systems in Research Organizations; 2.2 Incentive Systems in Research Organizations.
• Publisher Details: Cham : Springer
• Publication Date: 2014
• Copyright Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource (xxv, 488 pages), illustrations (some color)
• Subjects: 507.2; Business; Research institutes -- Management; SCIENCE -- Study & Teaching; Research institutes -- Management; Business & Economics -- Production & Operations Management; Education -- Educational Policy & Reform -- General; Business & Economics -- Business Ethics; Research & development management; Educational strategies & policy; Business ethics & social responsibility; Management science; Personnel management; Management; Business ethics; Business & Economics -- Human Resources & Personnel Management; Personnel & human resources management; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319097855; 3319097857; 3319097849; 9783319097848
• Related ISBNs: 9783319097848
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed December 4, 2014).
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